Break Stuff - Vijay Iyer Trio

Recorded in 2014 at New York’s Avatar Studio and produced by Manfred Eicher, Break Stuff is the third ECM release from Vijay Iyer. The Jazz pianist is accompanied by bassist Stephan Crump and drummer Marcus Gilmore; the trio delivers a masterful album, filled with fascinating rythms and imaginative ideas wilst firmly rooted in a jazz context.

Iyer's compositions are interspersed with works by Thelonius Monk, John Coltrane and Billy Strayhorn. The trio even pay tribute to Detroit techno pioneer Robert Hood.

Tracklist

  -A /Starlings/Chorale/Diptych/Hood/
  -B /Work/Taking Flight/Blood Count/
  -C /Break Stuff/Mystery Woman/Geese/
  -D /Countdown/Wrens/